In Chapter 10, Poem 21 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar discusses the spiritual state of a soul that lacks hope in the light of Truth (nour-e haq). Without this divine orientation, the soul is doomed to remain eternally trapped in the realm of illusions (alam-e oham). Attar employs two key metaphors to illustrate this state:

1. A dust mote in the shade: Represents insignificance and lack of visibility in spiritual obscurity.
2. A one-day-old infant in the sun: Represents being blinded and overwhelmed by the divine light due to a lack of spiritual capacity and hope.

These metaphors highlight the necessity of hope and alignment with divine truth for spiritual enlightenment.